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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Review: “Cinderella” is not prime-time Rodgers and Hammerstein, but rewarding show for kids by Andrew Alexander

Cinderella is far from the best thing that Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote, but a new touring production of the Broadway duo’s 1957 musical stopping at

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:20PM

Review: “Fetch Clay” overcomes its flaws with compelling acting to trace boxing’s oddest couple by Andrew Alexander

It’s 1965, and Muhammed Ali (who has just changed his name from Cassius Clay) is preparing for his rematch with Sonny Liston. He’s already famously

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:51AM
Friday, October 16, 2015

Review: “The Ghastly Dreadfuls” returns from the dead with frights for kids (and inner children alike) by Andrew Alexander

The cult classic The Ghastly Dreadfuls is back from the dead. Created by the Center for Puppetry Arts’ Jon Ludwig and Jason von Hinezmeyer in

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 03:34PM
Thursday, October 8, 2015

Review: Alliance’s energetic, enjoyable premiere “Tiger Style!” earns its exclamation point by Andrew Alexander

The new play Tiger Style! has an exclamation point in its title, and you can take that punctuation as indicative of the show’s energy level.

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 02:22PM
Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Review: The Seedling Project mostly meets the challenge of absurdism in two Genet plays by Andrew Alexander

The new theater company The Seedling Project makes an impressive showing with its first official theatrical productions, a double-header of challenging plays, Deathwatch and The

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 02:20PM

Review: Tom Key seeks the mysteries of life in the tour de force “R. Buckminster Fuller” by Andrew Alexander

The one-man show R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (And Mystery) of the Universe opens with the toss of a coin. The actor never tells us

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:42PM
Friday, October 2, 2015

Review: Aris hits the mark in a big way with Irish classic “The Playboy of the Western World” by Andrew Alexander

Atlanta theater company Aris has mounted a solid, likable production of a monumental classic, J.M. Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World, running through October

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:03PM
Thursday, October 1, 2015

Review: Synchronicity’s “In The Next Room” is fun, though sometimes corny, historical piece by Andrew Alexander

Sarah Ruhl’s play In The Next Room, or the Vibrator Play has a double-barreled title, and the set for the show is similarly divided in

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 02:46PM
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Review: The Alliance’s “A Steady Rain” not always steady, but demonstrates less can be more by Andrew Alexander

A cop drama on TV may require tons of resources — from a huge cast and crew to sets, props and special effects — but

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 02:22PM
Thursday, September 17, 2015

Review: It’s no Chekhov, but “Stupid F–king Bird” an appealing production at Actor’s Express by Andrew Alexander

The title of Aaron Posner’s play “Stupid F–king Bird” and its tagline “Sort of adapted from ‘The Seagull’ by Anton Chekhov” may lead you to

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 10:21AM
Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Review: Women and wit in focus at Théâtre du Rêve and 7 Stages’ “Celles d’en haute” by Andrew Alexander

The new show “Celles d’en haute,” or in English “Women on Top,” has many rare and admirable qualities. It’s funny, bizarre, inventive, frightening and …

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 04:49PM
Friday, September 11, 2015

Review: Alliance flies over the cuckoo’s nest with some of Atlanta’s most beloved actors by Andrew Alexander

Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest became a play long before it became a movie. The first Broadway production dramatizing Kesey’s

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:13PM
Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Review: Rising Sage’s “Class Act” rises above its flaws for biting and thorny social commentary by Andrew Alexander

An eager student gets more than she bargained for when she takes on an unusual assignment in the new play Class Act, by Rich Rubin,

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:06PM
Thursday, August 27, 2015

Review: For the Weird Sisters, Drago’s “Hot Pink” is a giant leap forward with a few missteps by Andrew Alexander

If you remember 1980s comedies like Sixteen Candles and Fast Times at Ridgemont High, you’re probably familiar with some of the problems faced by the three

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:25PM
Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Preview: “Monument” joins dancer Erik Thurmond, writer Johnny Drago in song and dance by Andrew Alexander

“Song and dance” are so linked together that it’s somewhat surprising to consider that the act of singing has remained almost entirely absent from the

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:08PM
Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Review: Playwright Annie Baker’s “The Aliens” derives its pleasures from uncomfortable silence by Andrew Alexander

New York’s Annie Baker is one of the nation’s top contemporary playwrights, but you’d hardly know it living in Atlanta. Though she has a Pulitzer

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:43PM

Review: Essential’s “Lillian Likes It” offers a smart look at new world of online relationships by Andrew Alexander

The pre-curtain reminder to turn off cellphones can seem a little strange at Lillian Likes It since everyone on stage spends the entire show texting,

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 10:58AM
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Review: Like Harper Lee herself, “Nelle’s Story” is revealing to a point but leaves us wanting more by Andrew Alexander

We see writer Harper Lee at four different crucial times in her life in the new one-woman show Nelle’s Story, currently at Synchronicity Theatre through

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:20PM
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Review: Serenbe’s “The Secret Garden” gets gleefully, magically waist deep in the big muddy by Andrew Alexander

Mary Lennox, the heroine of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s so-very-English children’s novel The Secret Garden, stomps and squishes her way through the Georgia mud in an

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:01PM
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Review: Serenbe’s “Streetcar Named Desire” hits some bumps but takes a hot and sweaty ride by Andrew Alexander

Blanche DuBois famously arrives on stage along with her trunk, a potent indicator of the character’s unfixed, desperate situation. Appropriately enough, in a capable production

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 05:12PM
Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Review: Great ensemble makes “The Whale” the last “don’t miss” show of the theater season by Andrew Alexander

We never learn the exact weight of Charlie, the main character of Samuel D. Hunter’s award-winning 2013 drama The Whale, a role being taken on

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:50AM
Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Review: Paris Crayton III leaves his comfort zone in “Crazyanity,” a likable comedy that resonates by Andrew Alexander

ArtsATL “30 under 30″ playwright Paris Crayton III originally made his mark in Atlanta with hard-hitting dramas like Brothers of Affliction, The Best Game and Chainz/Broken,

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 04:04PM
Monday, May 4, 2015

Review: Topher Payne in drag leads cast and crew in campy spoof, “Die, Mommie, Die!” by Andrew Alexander

To say that “Die, Mommie, Die!” is a play about Angela Arden and her problems is something of an understatement. Ms. Arden doesn’t just face

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 05:18PM
Thursday, April 30, 2015

Review: The Alliance revives Pearl Cleage’s iconic “Blues for an Alabama Sky” in glorious style by Andrew Alexander

The Alliance Theatre gives Pearl Cleage’s 1995 play Blues for an Alabama Sky a charming and compelling revival on the 20th anniversary of its premiere. There’s

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 03:01PM
Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Review: 7 Stages journeys to the Goat Farm for the flawed but still often arresting “The Breakers” by Andrew Alexander

Even from the opening toast, it’s clear that things aren’t going well for Eliot (Kevin Stillwell) and his wife Alice (Angèle Masters) as they welcome

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 10:54AM
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Review: “Storefront Church” boasts great acting in a play that seems to try too hard to succeed by Andrew Alexander

Storefront Church is the third play in John Patrick Shanley’s lugubriously named Church and State trilogy, only the first of which, Doubt — which won

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:31AM
Thursday, April 9, 2015

Maker’s Dozen: Noelle Kayser steps out of the shadow of Scrooge, dances into the spotlight by Andrew Alexander

Watching A Christmas Carol at the Alliance Theatre for the first time can be an emotional experience for just about anyone, but for dancer Noelle Kayser

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 10:18AM
Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Review: “The Explorers Club” takes a big comedic swing and a miss for the Aurora Theatre by Andrew Alexander

The Explorers Club is a new comedy that aims low and misses. Despite having a cast made up of some of Atlanta’s finest talent, the

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 02:31PM

Review: Actor’s Express scores big with winning coming-out story of “Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet” by Andrew Alexander

Marcus has a secret, or rather he thinks he does. Nearly everyone around him has begun to suspect that he’s gay, or “sweet” in the

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:54AM
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

News: Alliance Theatre brings five world premieres, Pulitzer Prize winner to the stage for 2015-16 by Andrew Alexander

The Alliance Theatre announced its 2015-16 season this week, a line-up that includes five world premieres, a gospel musical, a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama and a

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:01PM
Thursday, February 19, 2015

Preview: Jonah Bokaer pushes definitions of dance, collaboration with visual artist Daniel Arsham by Andrew Alexander

“In any collaboration I like to go all-in and really immerse myself in the collaborator’s work,” says choreographer Jonah Bokaer. His eight-year working history with

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 04:01PM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic